DigitalLife, Ziff Davis Media's leading consumer electronics and digital technology event, and the Global Gaming League are producing a major new videogame tournament, the DigitalLife Tournament Series, to be held in conjunction with the show. The tournament begins with nationwide on-line and face-to-face qualifiers and will culminate with the grand finals October 14-16 at DigitalLife (http://www.digitallife.com) in New York City. Thousands of gamers are expected to compete for over $100,000 in cash and top brand prizes. Gamers are invited to register for the DigitalLife Tournament Series at http://digitallife.ggl.com.

Sign-ups will be accepted until 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, Sept. 22 for the first round of online qualifiers for Counter-Strike. Sign-ups for all other games are now closed. The battle for $100,000 in cash and prizes begins Saturday, Sept. 24 and continues through Sunday, Sept. 25. The top 5 winners for each game discipline will be awarded an auto-berth directly into the Top-16 Elimination Tournament at DigitalLife.

The special LAN Qualification event for the DigitalLife Tournament are complete - they took place this past weekend at all five CSA Centers, qualifying 40 top gamers for an automatic berth to compete in person in front of a live audience at the $100,000 Tournament grand final event, to be held October 14-16 at DigitalLife in New York City at the Jacob Javits Center.

GGL broadcast affiliate, Inside the Game [iTG] will broadcast live Video coverage of DigitalLife, interviews with tournament finalists and grand final tournament coverage live from New York.

If you haven't already singed up and want more information on the event, please visit http://digitallife.ggl.com. The tournament entry fee qualifies you to attend DigitalLife as a spectator and the top 100 finalists in each game win a $10 prize!

"Introducing a top-tier videogaming tournament is a natural extension for DigitalLife and our Game Group partners at Ziff Davis," said Paul O'Reilly, Vice President, Ziff Davis Media. "Gaming is an increasingly important part of DigitalLife, with Microsoft choosing the event to showcase their new Xbox 360 platform, LucasArts launching Battlefront II, and dozens of other companies featuring games and gaming hardware. The DigitalLife Tournament Series adds to the excitement and allows us to set the stage for the all-important fourth quarter buying season."

"This tournament is as big as New York," said David Grant, CEO, GGL. "It will be significant on every level: our largest purse, our largest live audience and our most premiere venue. This is Broadway for the world's top gamers and we expect world-class players to bring their 'A' game in front of the largest crowd ever see too a video game tournament in this country."

In addition to the Tournament Series, DigitalLife will offer attendees three days of non-stop activity, including a major Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) tournament, which is sponsored by Zipit Wireless and Redoctane. The DigitalLife Tournament Series is sponsored by Xbox, Intel, LucasArts, Shure and STACKED as well as media partners The New York Post, 1UP.com and HOT 97.

Ziff Davis Media will promote the event in part through its market-leading Game Group media properties. Ziff Davis Media Game Group produces several of the industry's market-leading magazine publications including Electronic Gaming Monthly, Computer Gaming World and Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine as well as its unique online home for gamers, 1UP.com.

Source: Global Gaming League (GGL.com)